Templar expert Tony McMahon guides you on finding your Templar ancestors in England, Ireland and Scotland using online resources and local parish records
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Category: Templar News
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The life story of Gualdim Pais – grand master of the Knight Templar in Portugal
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Category: Templar History
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Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at Hugh de Payens – founder of the Knights Templar
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Category: Templar History
Tags: abbey, bernard, Burgundy, Champagne, cistercian, Clairvaux, first, Grand, Hugh, jerusalem, knight, Master, Order, paen, pagan, payens, payns, Templar, Troyes
It’s one of those weeks again when a Friday 13th occurs and our thoughts turn to the Knights Templar. So why is the 13th so significant? On the morning of Friday 13th October 1307, a huge dawn raid saw Templars…
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Category: Templar Mystery
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The Knights Templar were accused of being heretics by the Catholic church after two centuries of loyal service to…..the Catholic church! But the church had been busy rooting out and slaying heretics for hundreds of years before the Templars were…
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Category: Templar History
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Here is the timeline for the arrest, trial and execution of the Knights Templar from the year 1307 onwards
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Category: Templar History
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